Gutter-hanger



M. RACHLIN.

GUTTER HANGER.-

APPLICATION FILED NOV.20, 1920.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921,

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MAX RAOHLIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOIB, TO rarnn'rnn METALWAREconno- RATION, or BRODKLYN, NEW YORK, a CORPORATION on NEW roan.

GUTTERrHANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

Application filed November 20, 1920. Serial 110.425/124.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, MAX RACHLIN, a (Ll-bl.zen of Russia, and resident of the city of New York, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gutter-Hangers, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in gutter-hangers, that isto say to devices for supporting roof gutters.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger, whichis extremely simple in construction, durablein use and capable ofmanufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not sodiflicult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such acontrivance.

Another object of the invention is to produce a gutter-hanger, includinga strap portion wholly surrounding the gutter and so shaped that itprevents effectively a tilting the supporting brackets connectedtherewith.

With these and other objects in view,

which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement andconstruction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appendedclaims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understoodthat many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the severalparts and details of construction within the scope of the appendedclaims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the in vention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of agutterhanger constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig.2 is a central vertical section taken through a portion thereof, on alarger scale; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the meeting ends of thestrap portlon of the hanger; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken throughone of the ends of the strap with an extension piece thereon; and Fig. 5is a top plan View of the other end of the strap, also with an extensionpiece in position thereon.

Referring now first to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings, thenumeral 10 indicates a roof gutter, the outer edge of which is providedwith a bead 11, as usual in end of the hook being constructions of thistype, while its inner rarest caries.

edge 12, adjacent the wall of the building, is v plain. relation to theroof 13 of the building, there IS provideda apart a suitable distance,each or said hangers including a strap portion '14, which surroundstransversely the gutter, and a bracket 15, attached to the said strapand the roof. The strap 14, made of a single piece of metal, includes acurved gutter embracing portion 16, having a hook shaped bend 17 at oneof its ends, said bend fitting over the bead 11 of the gutter. Theopposite end of thegutter embracing portion 01' the strap is bent backupon itself, as shown at 18, and fits over the plain end 12 oftheguttcr, the downwardly bent section 18 or the bend 18 lpeing spacedfrom the body portion thereof,

or a The hook-shaped, bend 17 of the strap is shaped so as to engageandbe partly closed around the bead 11 of the gutter, the inner 19, whichextends horizontally and transversely of the gutter. This bar issubstantially U-shaped in cross-section, as clearly appears from Fi s; 1to 3, inclusive, of the drawings, its free end 20 being flat and substantially triangular in configuration. The 1.-

bar section 19 is disposed within the gutter, its flat end being bentupward and located between the downwardly bent section 18 or" the strapand the plain edge 12 of the gutter, it extending through a transverseslot 21 in the bight of the bent portion 18, and being bent outwardhorizontally, as shown at 22, against the said bight.

In the downwardly bent portion 18 of r the strap is provided an aperture23, which is in alinement with apertures 24: and 25 in the flat end ofthe strap and the body portion of the said strap, respectively, when theends of the strap are engaged in the manner above described and as shownin Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. A nail 26 is driven through theseapertures and the adjacent portion of the wall of the gutter, said nailbeing driven into the wall 27 of the structure, upon which the gutter isto be positioned. The pointed outwardly extending portion 22 of thestrap end may also be driven into the wall, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The bracket 15 is joined with the bar sec- F or supporting this gutterin proper plurality of hangers, spaced purpose which will appearhereinafter.

joined to a bar section Fig. 1 of the drawings.

tion 19 by a rivet 28, or otherwise, it including an upwardly extendingportion 29 and an outwardly projecting section 30, which is secured bynails 31, or otherwise, to the roof 13, from which the rain water is tobe car-.

19'is then extended across the gutter and 7 its flatend 20 is engagedwiththe bend 18 and caused to extend outward, as shown in The'nail 26 isthen driven through the strap and gutter into the wall, ai'ter'whichthebracket 15 is fastened to the root Inasmuch asthe straps wholly surroundthe gutter and the pointed ends 22 of the straps are driven into thebuilding wall, the gutter is prevented fromtilting on the brackets.

In order to permit the hanger to be used on gutters oi varioussizes, thelength of itsstrap is made adjustable. A construction of this type isshown in'Figs. 4t and'5 of the drawings, diii'ering from the one abovedescribed in that extension pieces 32 and 33 are hooked into the'ends ofthe strap.

These extension pieces are formed like the strap BHClS ClBSCllbGCl inconnection with Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of the drawings, their endsterminating in hooks 3 1 and 35, respecthe" bar section 19.

tion and operation of the elements are the tively, the hook 3 1 engagingany one of a series of openings 36 in the gutter embracing portion 16,while the hook 35 is adapted to engage any one of a series of openings37 in Otherwise the construcsame as of those described in connectionwith Figs. 1 to, 3, inclusive, of the drawings.

1. A'gutter-hanger comprising astrap of metal surrounding transverselythe gutter, and a bracket attached to said. strap, said strap includinga curved ,gutteroembracing portion having a hook-shaped section on oneof its'ends fitting over the beadbfthe gutter, the opposite. end of saidcurvedportion being bent back upon itself and extending downwardlyintothe, gutter, the bight of said bent portion beingprovided withatransverse slot, said hook-shaped seotion-,,ex-

tending intothe gutter and merging into a horizontallyextendingtransverse bar having a fiat upwardly projecting end located between theinner'face ofthe gutter and the downwardly extending portion of saidbend, said flat portion projecting through saidslot and being then bent"outward substantially horizontally against said to said bar.

' 2. In a gutter hanger according to claim New York "andEState "of NewYork, this 10thday'ofNovemberyAF'D. 1920. V

bight, said bracket beingattached-centrally

